In the night sky, a purple shadow streaked through like lightning, the air screeching in agony like a desperate beast, but even so, Feng Qingyue still felt it wasn’t fast enough!
Ever since receiving Ye Zhen’s Talisman Communication, Feng Qingyue had felt as though she was being chased by the Reaper.
What a joke, Ye Zhen going alone to track Jiao Xi, whose Cultivation reached the Fifth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm? Did he really think Jiao Xi was made of mud?
What if he were discovered?
Even for Feng Qingyue herself, defeating Jiao Xi was certain, but killing him was extremely difficult.
If Jiao Xi fought back desperately, even Feng Qingyue would get injured.
"I hope this guy has some luck and hasn’t been discovered by Jiao Xi before I get there...."
Before she could finish her thought, Feng Qingyue was stunned. In the far distance, the sky suddenly erupted with an exceptionally dazzling red orb of light.
In an instant, it shone like the sun, illuminating the entire night sky and causing the faintly visible moon to pale in comparison.
"Not good!"
With an exclamation, the purple light surrounding Feng Qingyue surged by another thirty percent, and in a flash, her speed increased by the same amount, reaching the utmost limits.
This extreme speed was Feng Qingyue’s speed for fleeing for her life.
In other words, unless it was a matter of life or death, she would not push herself to such extreme speeds. The consumption was too great to sustain for long periods.
"Roughly two to three hundred miles away, I wonder if there’s still time...."
Suddenly, a piercing pain surged in Feng Qingyue’s heart, a sensation as if she had lost something irreplaceable....
As a Vein Forging Realm powerhouse, Feng Qingyue was well aware that under normal circumstances, no matter how talented Ye Zhen was, facing a Fifth Stage Vein Forging Realm Jiao Xi meant a dead end—no suspense!
Otherwise, why would martial artists desperately strive to increase their Cultivation?
Although Ye Zhen had seized the chief position of Moonlight Hall and dominated among Soul Sea Realm martial artists, even to the point of being invincible and capable of battling First and Second Stage Vein Forging Realm warriors, facing a Fifth Stage powerhouse in the Vein Forging Realm was simply....
Over two hundred miles—a distance neither fast nor slow. Even if Feng Qingyue pushed her speed to the limit without regard for consumption, it would still take nearly two hundred breaths to arrive.
For Feng Qingyue, never had she felt two hundred breaths to be so lengthened, to the extent that it felt like an eternity for each breath.
Fast, getting closer. Another terrifying surge of power exploded in the distance, but Feng Qingyue’s heart was continuously sinking.
Because after that terrifying surge of power, there was no more disturbance ahead, no more fluctuations of power, as if everything had fallen into a dead silence.
Standing before a large crater, Ye Zhen stood there dazed, his whole right arm as limp as noodles, and grains of dark red iron sand slowly slipped from Ye Zhen’s palm.
Ye Zhen seemed completely unaware of it all, his eyes wide, staring intently at the large crater before him.
A deep crater ten meters deep, with a diameter of a hundred meters!
In the very center of the crater lay a corpse, recognizable as Jiao Xi.
The body of Jiao Xi was less than a third complete, his entire chest and abdomen gone, leaving only two legs, one arm, and a head.
Every wound was unnaturally smooth, as if cut out of thin air, including the neck beneath Jiao Xi’s head, cleanly severed.
Jiao Xi’s decapitated head had eyes so bulging they seemed on the verge of popping out. His expression was the ultimate in sheer terror, as if he had witnessed some unspeakably frightening event.
In fact, even Ye Zhen, the perpetrator, was shocked by the Sword Qi branded onto Purple Spirit and triggered by the Divine Sense Imprint.
In the face of that terrifying purple Sword Qi, Jiao Xi was as vulnerable as paper mache. Not even his Divine Power Martial Skill could block Purple Spirit’s Sword Qi.
As the purple Sword Light flashed past, Jiao Xi was reduced to this state.
Ye Zhen had a brief exchange with Purple Spirit, who resided within the First Sword Vein. For that strike, she had only used twenty percent of her strength, any more and neither Ye Zhen nor the vessel could have withstood it.
To directly annihilate a Fifth Stage Vein Forging Realm powerhouse with just twenty percent of power—what did that imply?
For the first time, Ye Zhen felt as though there was a monster living inside him.
That twenty percent of power not only directly killed Jiao Xi but also left Ye Zhen half crippled.
Purple Spirit’s Sword Qi shot straight from the Sword Heart Enlightenment within the First Sword Vein to Ye Zhen’s right arm and then through the meridians of his right arm into the Blood Shadow Spear.
The instant the Sword Qi burst forth, the Blood Shadow Spear disintegrated into millions of the tiniest grains of iron sand.
And Ye Zhen’s right arm meridians completely shattered into hundreds of pieces!
This was still thanks to Purple Spirit’s Sword Qi being restrained as it passed through the meridians of Ye Zhen’s right arm; otherwise, that arm might have been utterly destroyed.
"This power... It’s a pity I have to suffer a serious injury each time I use it, and destroy a Supreme Treasure Artifact at that. Otherwise...."
In a way, Jiao Xi was killed by the Spirit Crystals Ye Zhen used, a move that consumed a Supreme Spirit Artifact in one go—not something the average person could afford to do.
Of course, even if Ye Zhen wanted to continue using such a move, he’d have to be careful.
In Ye Zhen’s possession now, only the Flowing Gold Sword remained as a Supreme Treasure Artifact. And Supreme Treasure Artifacts aren’t something you can just buy whenever you want.
With a heavy sigh, he moved, Ye Zhen floated toward the bottom of the large crater, Sword Gang bursting from his fingertips. With a light wave, it effortlessly severed the remaining flesh connected to Jiao Xi’s head. Just as he lifted Jiao Xi’s head in his hand, he heard an exclaimed voice approaching from afar!
"An illusion?"
Feng Qingyue barely arrived in time to see Ye Zhen beheading Jiao Xi, and then, she was simply stunned.
In her astonishment, she subconsciously rubbed her eyes and steadied her spirit.
She wondered if she had been so anxious on her way here that she was hallucinating?
"A hallucination, am I a hallucination?" Seeing Feng Qingyue’s expression, both grateful and amused, Ye Zhen swung Jiao Xi’s head in front of her.
Ah!
With a yank of his throat, Ye Zhen let out an extremely miserable scream; at that moment, Feng Qingyue’s two fingers were fiercely pinching the soft flesh of Ye Zhen’s right arm, viciously twisting it around.
"Hmm, judging by that sound, it seems it’s not a hallucination! Besides, was it necessary to twist so hard just for that?"
Ye Zhen gave Feng Qingyue a pained smile, and in just that moment, a fine layer of cold sweat had appeared on Ye Zhen’s forehead, as Feng Qingyue’s twist had aggravated his injury.
Feng Qingyue’s expression suddenly changed, and she immediately understood something. She took Ye Zhen’s right hand, her Divine Sense moved, and her face changed dramatically!
"The meridians are nearly shattered, and the entire right arm is severely damaged. You must reconstruct the meridians in your right arm as soon as possible. Such a terrifying injury, was it caused by Jiao Xi?"
Worry was evident in Feng Qingyue’s eyes, but her face clearly showed disbelief, because Ye Zhen’s injury was somewhat strange. If Jiao Xi had really injured Ye Zhen to this extent, then Ye Zhen would likely have been killed in battle.
"I used a very powerful secret technique, and my body couldn’t quite handle it..." Ye Zhen candidly replied, which also explained how he had managed to kill Jiao Xi.
"There’s such a powerful secret technique?" The curiosity of a martial artist is always strong.
"Hmm, and it was aided by a Supreme Treasure Artifact, the Blood Shadow Spear I got at the Treasure Auction last time!"
Having received this answer, Feng Qingyue’s doubts were slightly eased. Indeed, some secret techniques can extract the power of a treasure or even a Spiritual Artifact for their own use. Although the power of a Supreme Treasure Artifact alone couldn’t kill Jiao Xi, Feng Qingyue understood that it was nearly enough. To inquire further would be ignorant.
"Ye Zhen, weren’t you being too bold, daring to pursue and kill Jiao Xi alone? Even if you had a secret technique for protection, what if there was a slight mishap?
In front of a Vein Forging Realm powerhouse, the sustainable combat ability of a Soul Sea Realm Martial Artist is very poor. A single injury could dissipate all the advantages you had obtained..."
Now that Feng Qingyue had grasped the situation, she began to scold Ye Zhen, but this kind of scolding was quite satisfying to hear for Ye Zhen; inexplicably, it reminded him of his mother far away in the Black Dragon Domain.
Feng Qingyue’s nagging was somehow reminiscent of his old mother; annoying to listen to, yet it warmed his heart.
Ye Zhen suddenly found that beneath Feng Qingyue’s noble demeanor was a motherly heart, of course, this was dependent on whom she was dealing with. It seemed that Ye Zhen’s relationship with Feng Qingyue was... somewhat close!
"Here, this is for you!"
With a casual wave of his hand, Ye Zhen tossed Jiao Xi’s head to Feng Qingyue and, in the process, found Jiao Xi’s storage ring on a severed arm.
"What is it?"
Feng Qingyue caught the head with some disgust.
"The bounty!"
"Didn’t the Head of the Inner Affairs Hall, Zhu Ling, issue a Bounty Order? Jiao Xi’s head is worth ten thousand High Grade Spirit Crystals! And what’s wrong with disgusting Yua Hanjing a bit?
Isn’t she trying to deal with me? Now, I’ve turned it around and killed her man. Just think about it, what will Yua Hanjing’s expression be like when she sees us taking Jiao Xi’s head to collect the bounty?" Ye Zhen laughed.
"Not a bad idea, but I don’t like things like claiming the reward under false pretenses and being used by others, take it back!" Feng Qingyue said sternly as she threw Jiao Xi’s head back to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen’s expression suddenly became a bit awkward, and his face took on a look of hardship.
"This... can hardly be considered... being used! Please, Heroine Fengh, save me. If I were to collect the bounty, holding Jiao Xi’s head, wouldn’t the entire Divine Sect view me as a monster?
I fear that everyone will want to discover some secret about me, and then where would that leave me to live?
Heroine Fengh, save my life!" Ye Zhen, in high spirits, exaggeratedly cried out for help and even comically made a saluting gesture with one hand to Feng Qingyue.
Pfft!
Ye Zhen’s antics teased a laugh out of Feng Qingyue, who casually accepted the head Ye Zhen threw her way again, "That’s more like it."
"If you want me to take the blame for you, there should be some benefit for me, right?"
"The bounty, all of it is yours!"
"Hmph, who cares about your bounty!"
"For buying alcohol. All the bounty will be for buying drinks. After we get back today, let’s celebrate properly. After being schemed against by Yua Hanjing several times, killing Jiao Xi today is finally venting some rage."
"You’re seriously injured and still thinking about drinking? Eat this first!"
With a gulp, Ye Zhen swallowed the pill, "Hey, what pill is this?"
"You’re asking now, it’s poison!"
"Oh no, the poison is taking effect..." Ye Zhen dramatically staggered, then conveniently fell towards Feng Qingyue, who was riding behind him on the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten.
"Hmph, asking for a beating!" Ye Zhen’s face instantly contorted comically, but this time it was the soft flesh at his waist that suffered.
Yet Feng Qingyue’s pretty face was a bit flushed!
"The Yin Yang Reforging Pill, a life-saving pill given by the Divine Sect to the high-ranking officials in the sect. It has a very strong effect on physical injuries..."
Under the moonlight and starlight, the two rode together, heading in the direction of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)

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